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counterprophecy

counterprophecy noun: a prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy.

Noun

counterprophecy (plural counterprophecies)

  1. A prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy.
    • Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed.2008 June 18, Alastair Macaulay, “Ballet Theater’s Revised ‘Beauty’ Spotlights a Very Busy Prince”, in New York Times

Forms of counterprophecy

pluralcounterprophecies

Origin of counterprophecy

From counter- + prophecy.

Questions about counterprophecy

What does counterprophecy mean?
Counterprophecy means a prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy.
What part of speech is counterprophecy?
Counterprophecy is a noun.
What is the plural of counterprophecy?
The plural of counterprophecy is counterprophecies.

Words near counterprophecy in the dictionary

  1. counterpropagated
  2. counterpropagates
  3. counterpropagating
  4. counterpropagation
  5. counterprophecies
  6. counterprophecy
  7. counterproposal
  8. counterproposals
  9. counterpropose
  10. counterproposed
  11. counterproposes

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